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I Letters Patent No. 72,562, dated .Deoember 24, 1867; antedatedDecember 11, 1867.

turnover FOLDING TABLE.'

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SUTTER, of the city and State of New York,have invented, made, and applied to use, a certain new and usefulImprovement in Folding Tables; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact ,description of the said invention,reference being had to 'the annexed drawing, making part of thisspecification, wherein- Figure 1 is a section of my table as unfoldedfor use.

Figure 2 is a similar view as folded to occupy but little space.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the table as folded.

Figure 4 is a section of a modication of said table in a foldedposition, and

Figure 5 is a similar view of the same table in an open or unfoldedposition.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

My invention consists in a table with x-folding legs, one pair ofwhich'are attached by hinges to the bed' ofthe table, and the other pairof legs are connected by pins entering slides on the under sideo'l -thetable, so as to allow the legs to be folded andthe tableto hang againstthem at an inclination, or to be unfoldedor spread, and the tablesupported by them, the vlegs always remaining connected with the table,and the slide allowing of the motion of the pairs of legs at their upper`ends in folding and unfolding the table. v

In the drawing, a isvthe table-top, formed either round, square, orpolygonal, and the sameis ornamented byva slabA of marble, b, let into arecess in the said table, and cementedin place. By this mode-ofconstructing the top of theI table a surrounding or herder of wood isvisible around the marble. This adds to the beauty ofthe table, andenables me to employ marble where it could not be used in the ordinarymanner, because this table is made to fold, and it is necessary that theslab of. marble be firmly secured to the ltable-bed; and by having thesame introduced ina recess in the wood the marble will be strengthened,and can be madeA quite thin.A On the under side of the bed a are hingesc, uniting the pair of legs 0l that is formed of. two legs, connected bycross-pieces 1, and either plain or ornamental, in the formation of thelegs. e e are the legs of the other pair, connected to each othergby thecross-pieces 2 2, and united at the central portion to form anx with thelegs cl. ff'are slides attached to the under side of the tablea, groovedon their faces towards each other, and receiving pins or blocksprojecting from the sides of' the legs e e, near their upper ends. Theselegs e e, hence, are connected to the table at theirnpper ends, but whenthe legs are folded the table can be turned downintoan inclinedposition. The legs of the table may he curved, so as to forin asufficient base for theA table, to stand firmly, when folded, as seen infigs. 2 and 3, or the table may bel supported, when folded, by

`the auxiliary legs g, that are hinged to the legs e at 8, and thrownout into the position shown iniig. 4,-when the legs oZ and e are foldedby the links h that extend from the legs d to the auxiliary legs g.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v Atablc in-which the bottoms of the X-folding legs are suiiciently spread tosupport the table when folded, and the upper ends of said legs areconnected to the bed of the table in the manner specified. v

I lalso claim a folding table with the marble top cemented into a recessin the wooden bed, as and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this thirteenthday of A pril, 1867.

JOSEPH SUTTER.

Witnesses:

Cms. H. SMITH, Gno. D. WALKER.

